​​Lecturer (Assistant Professor)​

Department of Psychology​

University of York​

I study decision-making and behavior in adults and children, how these vary across societies, and how they are shaped by both cultural beliefs and ​evolved adaptations. In particular, I look at the development of generosity.

To be accepted as adult members of their community, children must learn the correct way to do many things, such as dance, prepare food, and share. How do children accomplish this by learning the norms of their society?​

My research explores the universal human psychology for following social norms, and also how psychological development leads to cultural diversity.

I study how our generosity is rooted in culturally-unique fairness norms that are adopted during childhood, and also in evolved adaptations for cooperation that we share with other primates.